AJA MONET • the surrealist blues poet defines the colour of rain ('The Color Of Rain' • 22 May on Drink Sum Wtr) #673

About this episode

Scroobius Pip interviews surrealist blues poet AJA MONET about her creative journey and the influence of her New York upbringing.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible musician and poet AJA MONET ! To use a couple of words to sum up the essence of someone is a strange thing indeed, and this subject comes up in this chat too. The idea of indentity versus what one strives for. This is most definitely an episode for the appreciators of the craft of poetry, but not ONLY that - it's more like a demonstration of why everything else around it matters so much, and how poetry is achieved by plugging into community, society, and life its very self. It's fascinating hearing about Aja's New York upbringing, and how exposure to the urban envrionment and the people within it helped cultivate the person she would grow into - Aja really does live and embody the life of a creator, and the self-proclaimed status of 'surrealist blues poet' is perfect indeed. You'll definitely get a huge amount from the chat if you yourself are involved in words, but if you're in the least bit creative and find that side of your life as crucial as air and water, you'll get so much from the chat. Peep the new album 'The Color Of Rain' at your nearest opportunity…

People in this episode

Host: Scroobius Pip

Guest: AJA MONET

Topics covered

• poetry
• identity
• creativity
• community
• urban upbringing
• music

Keywords

• AJA MONET
• poetry
• surrealist blues
• New York
• creativity
• The Color Of Rain

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Drink Sum Wtr

Books & works: The Color Of Rain

Places: New York

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